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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Possibility of Evil".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is repeatedly used to describe the day on which the story opens?
(a) "Summery."
(b) "Golden."
(c) "Lovely."
(d) "Mild."

2. What color paper does Miss Strangeworth choose for the note to Don Crane about his baby daughter?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Pink.

3. Who is Ethan Allen?
(a) The librarian's boyfriend.
(b) Miss Strangeworth's next-door neighbor.
(c) A Revolutionary War hero.
(d) Miss Strangeworth's deceased husband.

4. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She understands very little about other people.
(b) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(c) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(d) She is a very selfish person.

5. Miss Strangeworth stops to discuss an "appropriation" with Miss Chandler (422). What are they talking about?
(a) Money set aside for some purpose.
(b) Something that has been taken without permission.
(c) A policy statement.
(d) A meeting of an official organization or group.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a town legend, what was Strangeworth House once mistaken for?

2. Which one of her neighbors does Miss Strangeworth chat with while she is checking out at the grocery store?

3. Who planted the roses outside Miss Strangeworth's house?

4. On what street does Miss Strangeworth live?

5. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?

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